Wildberries warehouse near St.Petersburg on fire after drone attack

A warehouse of leading Russian online retailer ​Wildberries in the Leningrad region near St. ‌Petersburg caught fire after a Ukrainian drone attack, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Friday.

Three people were injured, he added. Wildberries ​said that operations at two of its ​logistics sites in the region had been halted. ⁠It also said that staff at its warehouse ​in Crimea had been evacuated, Reuters reported.

A Reuters video from the ​scene of the attack showed two giant plumes of black smoke rising over the area. Five Wildberries warehouses, accounting for about ​10% of the company's logistics capacity, have been ​attacked since July 18.

Wildberries said that none of its stuff ‌had ⁠been hurt in the latest attack. Eight people were killed in the July 18 attacks on logistics hubs in the cities of Kotovsk and Elektrostal.

Kyiv said ​the company is ​part of ⁠infrastructure that supports the Russian military. Russia denied that the company, which is ​at the centre of the country's consumer ​economy, ⁠handles any military supplies.

Together with smaller rivals, Wildberries and top competitor Ozon sell goods and services worth the ⁠equivalent ​of 8.5% of Russia's gross ​domestic product and employ 4 million people, or more than 5% of ​the country's workforce.